Re: SSH revised

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:19:25 +0100,
Lluis <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> El Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 08:45:52PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann ens deleità amb 
> les següents paraules:
> > The question that I raised in my initial mail is basically what it should 
> > mean to have a "user session" in the context of SSH.
> > 
> > So, uhm, maybe executing a shell command won't be a problem once I 
> > have a user session.  So let me ask back: How do you think you get 
> > one?  And what does it mean to "have" one in technical terms?
> 
> Well, I'll say just what I said on my last mail, but with fewer words...
> 
>   - What do you get when you log in locally?
>   - And how?
>
> I think that ssh is just the same, the only difference is the type of 
> "virtual terminal".

The difference is that the SSH protocol does not say that a PTY is
created at connection.  The creation of the PTY is just one function
of the protocol.

Thanks,
Marcus